Jerich0 Wows at Cartoon Springboard - Variety

"Jerich0" - multiple award-winner

Many congratulations to the makers of Jerich0, the BAFTA-shortlisted short film created at Escape Studios, which impressed the judges at Cartoon Springboard this year. 

The event even made its way into the pages of Variety, with the headline "Animated Short ‘Jerich0’ Series Adaptation Wows at Cartoon Springboard."

According to Variety: "Alumni of London’s elite Escape Studios, writer-director Sarah Andrews and assistant director, animation lead and sound designer Aaron Hopwood, participated in this year’s Cartoon Springboard project pitching sessions, looking to leverage the success of their short student film “Jerich0” into a short form series adaptation."

About Cartoon Springboard

Cartoon Springboard is an annual pitching event aimed at helping rising talent break into the industry.  At Cartoon Springboard, graduates of European animation schools pitch their project in front of a panel of experts from the animation industry. 

This year Cartoon Springboard took place from October 27 to October 29 in Valencia, Spain, though 

in the end the event was conducted online. Sarah and her team pitched to industry delegates, including producers, broadcasters and sales agents, seeking ways to capitalise on Jerich0's festival success. 

Jericho - VFX Short Film from Matthew Wight on Vimeo.

Animation Production Days ("APD")
Earlier this year, Jerich0 was pitched to industry delegates at Animation Production Days in Stuttgart, Germany.  Like Cartoon Springboard, APD offers opportunities for animation graduates to pitch their ideas to producers, financiers and sales agents. Jerich0 began life as an award-winning short film but now has the potential to be something much bigger, potentially reaching a much wider audience. 

About Jerich0 
Jerich0 is a short film about a lonely robot who builds a friend. It was directed by Sarah Andrews and completed by our third year undergraduate animation students as part of PR6001, a studio project in which students collaborate to create a short film.   

Awards
Jerich0 has won multiple awards; it won Best Animation at the Melrose Film Festival in Orlando, Florida, was shortlisted for a student BAFTA, and won Best Animation and Best VFX at the 2019 Nexus Film Festival.  Jerich0 also won an award in the 2019 Zero Budget Film Festival,  was selected for the BFI London Film Festival, and won "Best Animation" at the Golden Nugget Film Festival.

Creative Content
Learning how to create fresh content and then pitch it is one of the key skills that all our students at Escape Studios must learn. TV Animation is in the midst of a great expansion, with many new networks and digital platforms competing for creative content.  For our students with fresh ideas for a TV series in their heads, there are now many places to pitch original content. 

Cartoon Movie and Cartoon Forum
Cartoon Movie and Cartoon Forum also offer opportunities to pitch original animation content.

To see more, follow the links below:

• Cartoon Forum - How to pitch an animated TV series. 
• Cartoon Movie - How to pitch an animated feature film. 

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our new BA/MArt, now recruiting for September 2021, follow this link.   To apply, visit the official page here.